Thank you notes from little ones

[Bibiboo]

Something I read on a thread the other day has got me thinking ... I always write thank you notes for my daughter's presents, from her. Along the lines of "thank you very much for *, it's lovely and I can't wait to wear it/play with it/hang it on my wall etc" you get the picture.

Anyway, I'm happy with doing my thank you notes this way, was just wondering what the general feeling about this was - naff or nice?

How else are you supposed to do it. I do that, make DS (4) sign it and do a couple of kisses, make DD (18 months) do a "drawing".

I do it, and print their name on it and then they 'sign' it with a crayon.

Have always done this even when months old.

How else do you say thank you? Dd1 likes picking the cards out in the shop, sticking stamps on etc etc.

I have always done this too - dd2 was 7 this year and made and wrote her own cards for the first time (some of the spelling was hilarious) - up until now I have written them for them.

However I think thank-you notes are a forgotten art - I can count on one hand the amount I have received for gifts I have sent

Have to confess that I always send them out from the kids but not from myself except for wedding presents.

I always do it from the kids. For one thing if a "child" supposedly wrote it, it can be a lot shorter - which means that they actually get written

At Christmas, I do try and do a bit more personalised thank yous - one year I printed the cards with a painting ds1 had done at nursery on the front. Last year I took a photo of whatever the gift was being played with and printed the cards with that.

So that probably makes it even naffer

I'll stand up and be counted as naff. Ds' current thank you note has a nice drawing of daleks on their way to invade earth on the front and a grinning snap of him inside, with space for him to write a few lines (he's six now and can manage this) and sign his name.

Dd "my do it" just scribbles on a note from us, written as though from her. Pretty much as you describe Bibiboo, we don't go mad

I love getting thank you notes and on that basis pull out all the stops to ensure ours are done nicely and promptly.

Argh argh. I have dd's thankyou letters nearly done in my briefcase - she & nanny worked on them all through half-term (I exaggerate slightly) - but they did do a lovely job, & dd even said to me "and mummy, you know we need to finish my letters" - but I have got to do a sort out of who's been written to, & who needs a bit more of a picture, and the project has stalled. Bad Mummy. Please give me a cyber kick.

I like that hausfrau. Some good ideas here.

I've always written thankyou letters from me up 'til now. Ds is now 4, can write his name and will therefore sign his own cards this year. I'm not overly keen on letters "from" babies myself, but I suspect gps would love them.

They're naff. I think it's silly to pretend tiny babies have such pretentious ideas, plus it's just a cop-out. I was even more horrified that my niece had dipped her newborn baby's hands in orange paint, to make handprints for thank you cards!!

I'm glad most people think they're nice and send "thank you"s out that way

DD wrote to her honorary Aunty (my best friend from Uni) to let her know she (dd) was going to be a big sister and my friend loved it, but I suppose I can see how some people might find it a bit twee.

More often than not I include a picture of dd wearing/playing with her gift, especially for aunties and uncles who live far away and don't see her often.

And I totally agree that thank you notes are dying out. I think it's quite rude not to thank someone for a gift. I too can count on one hand the number we've received for gifts we've sent out just since dd was born, and that includes thank you emails!

or Christmas we'll be thanking people in person, apart from those who send us presents who will get a nice note int eh New Year, but birthdays and random gifts always get a written thank you.

I always write thank you letters from DD for birthday/christmas presents. Have done since she was born. IT's polite to do IMO.

I write something similar. DD is 3 now, soshe helps. She will draw a picture on a sheet of A4, I then photocopy it and use that to print on the back off. She then writes her own name at the bottom and adds a kiss.

I always write thank you notes from me because dd is not yet 3, and doesn't really appreciate the thought that has gone into presents that people send, whereas I do.
I do think thankyou notes are important, though. When I've made the effort to buy and send a present, a little note to say it has been received is appreciated - and I don't mind if it is from Mum, Dad or a 1 week old!

I've always written thank you notes, i always did as a child so it's followed naturally into adulthood. I was bought up to be grateful for everything i received and to show that gratitude. Perhaps that's the trend, those of us that did send continue to do so and those who don't never did?

I only know one other person that sends thank you notes and that really is all it is-A note which says 'Dear ... Thank you for my present', love...
I probably expect too much as i would like to know if my gift was liked. I also wonder if the child/parent is aware of what it is we've bought as without a mention of it on a note-you can't help but wonder?

I don't mind what style it's written in.

Nice but I don't do them and can't imagine ever having the time tbh, we do say thank you on receipt so I tend to feel that's enough.

Have done similar and now that the kids are older have got some Phoenix Trading pre printed ones where you fill in the gaps and sign.

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We don't send thank you's to relations or at Christmas.

I did send them to her nursery friends who came to her party though.

I usually write a thank you note and then get dd1 to do a drawing either on the paper or on the other side of the card from where I have written the note. I do it as I think it is good manners to acknowledge something someone had gone to the effort of sending/giving.